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G. E. BOSCH.

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APPLIOAI'ION FILED APR. 3. 1909.

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Box; APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. 1909.

Patented June 8', 1909..

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N VENT 0R aeorgz l'fffaacfo BY M 160 Afro/mars UNITED STATES PATENT orFioE.

GEORGE EDWARD HOSCH, or new YORK, N. Y.-

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v "of New York, have invented a new and Improved Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to boxes, my more particular purpose being to roduce a box which is automatically locks when a bottle. or other article is placed in'it', so as to maintain the article thus de osited inaccessible to personsnot authorize too on thebox, the

ox being automatically he (1 open-that is, locked in its open position-when the lid is raised to a predetermined position and the box is empty.-

More particularly stated, m invention comprehends a box provided wit a depressible platform disposed within it, and further provided With mechanism controllable by said depressible platform, in such manner that when the platform is depressed'by the weight of an art1cle,its" movement downward automatically locks the box, and yet when. the box lid is raised and the article stored Within the box is removed therefrom, the lid of the box isautomatically locked in its upright or so-called 0 en. position and re-* mains thus until anot er articleis deposited within the box.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

I Figure 1 is a fragmentary showing the box as open, and s movable platform and parts associated with the same as occupying their respective -normal positions when the box is open and consequently empty; Fig. 2 is a substantially central vertical section through the box complete, showing it as open and empty, and also showing the-movable platform as oocupying its highest position; Fig. 3 is a substantially central vertical section through the .box'showing the v'ariousparts as occupying the positions which they respectively occupy when the box contains an article to bestored perspective and is therefore locked; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary inverted pers ective, showing a deform.

Specification of Letters Patent. .a u acbn filed April 3, 1909; Serial no. 482,636.

Patented June s, 1909.

The body portionof the box is shown at 5 and is provided'with an automatic lock 6 having a key-hole 7. At 8 is a lid which carries hasps 9. which co-act with the lock 6 in holding the lid down. At 10 is a handle for raising the lid, this lid being connected with thebody portion 5 by hinges 11. A bail 12 is provided with inwardly turned ends 13 which engage bearings 14 carried by the lid.

The bail is providedwitha horizontal ortion 15 extending-directly through the ox, for which purpose slots 16 are provided. At -17 are bearings for the horizontal ortion 15 ofthebail. A platform 18 is slidab y mount-,

ed Within the body portion 5, and is rovided with upturned edges 19, the plat orm, together with its upturned edges, ha ring generally the form of a tray. The platform is provided with a slot 20. Connected witli the platform 18 is a guide plate 21, opposite edges 22 of which are bent arallel with each other and fitted slidably wiiih tion 5, as will be understood from Fig.1, and connected with the platform 18 by rivets 18, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. At 23 are angle stripsof metal secured by rivets 24 Within the body portion and provided'with flanges 25 projecting toward each other. These flanges are slidably engaged by the edges 22 of the guide plate 21.

The guide plate. 21 is provided with a slot 26, which merges into the slot20; ;in';the platform 18 and is in fact a continuation of said last-mentioned slot. The guide plate 21 is provided with hinge members-2T (see Fig. 4) and a pin 28 extends through these hinge members. A bell crank lever 29 is mounted upon the pin 28 and connected with the bell crank lever is a trap door 30. At 31 1s a leaf spring which is secured upon the back plate 21 bystriking-up therefrom two strips 32 and slipping a portion of the leaf spring thereunder-and clenching it in position, as will be understood from Fig. 2. The strips 32 are thus in registry with .holes 33 left in the back plate by the displacement of the middle of the strips.

The 11 per end of the bell crank lever 29 died with a hook 34. Thebody porin the body por-' upward travel of the platform 18 and the angular. movement of the door 8 are both controllable by the length of the slots 16.

The leaf s ring 31' resses the upper portion of the be crank ever 29"constantly up- Ward, and-when free hasatendency to raise the trap door 30.

he operation-of my device is as follows: Suppose that the box is to be used for storing an artiele, such, for instance, as a bottle of milk to be delivered from a milk wagon.

The box isl eft open as indicated in Figs. 1

and 2; that is to say, the lid 8 is straightened u completely so that the bail 12 raises the p atform 18 to its greatest height. The

00k 34 of the bell crank lever 29 thereupon entersthe hole 35, this action being caused by the leaf's pring 31. This movement of the bell crank lever lifts the trap door a little distance above the platform 18 as will be understood from Fig. 2. The box remains in this position for any length of time. Under these conditions, as a result of the position of the tra door 30, as shown in ig. 2, there would e, except for my invention, a tendency for the lid 8 to fall as a result of the Weight-of the attachments connected to it, pressing downwardly upon the bail 12 and carrying the platform 18 With it,

thus closing the box before an article is placed therein. In order to'prevent this, is

the object of the strips 23, which control the The hook 234 being withdrawn from the hole 35, the weight of the bottle and its contents now carries the latform downwardly into the position indicated in Fig. 3. This causes the bail to descend, and consequently 1 pulls down the lid 8. Since the lock 6 is auleaving guide the platform.

tomatic in itsaction, as above. mentioned, the lid is effectively locked and can not be readily raised by any person not authorized to open the box. The person having the box in charge, by insertin a key within the key-hole 7 and actuating t e lock is enabled to raise the lid 8 and to remove the bottle, the various parts in their respective norms. positions as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The platform 18 is guided by aid of the oppositely disposed parallel edges 22 which 8 1 ably engage the stationary flanges 25, the portion 15 of the bail 12, by its vertical movement inthe slot 16, also serving to ile'for convenience Ishow a type of box suitable for the deposit of transient articles, I do not limit myself to any particular purpose for which t e'box may be em- I porting played. Neither do I limit myself to the exact construction shownand described, for the ieason'that variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a box, the combination of a body portion provided with slots, a lid journaled u on said body portion and adapted to be e osed, an automatic lock .controllable by movements of 'said lid relatively to said body portion for the purpose of holding said lid in apredetermined relation to said body portion, a bail journaled upon said lid and provided with a portion extending through said slots, and a platform movably mounted within said body portion and resting upon said bail.

12. In a box, the combination of a body portion, a platform movabl mounted there- In, a tra door connecte with said plat form an movable relatively thereto, and mechanism controllable by movements of said trap door relatively'to said platform for releasing said platform relatively to said body 'ortion.

3 fix a box, the combination of a body portion provide'dwith slots, a lid journaled upon saidbody portion and ads ted to be opened "-and. closed relatively t ereto, an automatic lock for holdin said lid in a pre determined position relatively to said body portion, a bail connected with said lid and extending throu 11 said slots, 9. platform slidably mounts Within said body ortion and resting upon said bail, a bell cran c lever journaled upon said platform and a trap door connected with said bell crank lever for the purpose of actuating the some, said trap door being fiat for the purpose of supcrank ever bein provided with a portion for'locking said atform in a predetermined position relative r to said body portion.

4. In a box, the combination of a body portion, a trap door pivotally connected therewith and adapted to swing, a lid movable relatively to said'body portion, and mechanism controllable by the position of said tl'a door relatively to said body portion for ocking said lid in its open ositlon.

5. In a box, the combination 0 a body portion, a lid movable relatively thereto and adapted to 0 en and close, and mechanism controllable y the resence of a transient article within sai body portion for locking said lid in its 0 en position.

6. In a box, the com ination of a body portion, a lid pivotally connected therewit 1 and adapted to swing, a platform dis osed within said box, a trap door connects With said platform, and mechanism connected with said trap door and controllable by the an article to be stored, said bell I weight. of a; transient article resting there- 'upon for lockingl said lid in a predetermined position relative y to said body portion.

7 In a box, the combination of a body portion, a lid movable relatively" thereto and adapted to be closed, a platform movably mounted within said box, a connection from said latiorm to said lid for the purpose of gthe weight of an article resting upon said platform to close said lid,'-means for holding said platform rigidly in relation to said box when said box is empty, and mechmjcontrollable by the presence of 'saidartiele lipon said platform for releasing,

said platform in order to allow the same to descend relatively to said body portion.

"- partlon, a lid mounted thereupon and 8.111 abort, the combination of a body adapted to be opened and closed, a platform disposed within said box and movable relatively thereto, said platform being .adapted' to carry a Weight, means for temporarily su porting said latform at a point above the ottom of sai box, and mechanism controllable by the Weight of an article restin u on said platform for disconnecting said p at orm from said body sufficiently to allow said platform to descend within said body portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 

